Because of the List by Amy Knupp

Author:Amy Knupp
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-01-19T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

DANCING WITH TAYLOR all night had been hell.

Touching her. Breathing her. Catching private glimpses of creamy skin beneath the neckline of her gown.

He’d tried to tell himself he was only there to do Taylor a favor, tried to twist it into some way to honor Quinn, but he knew better. Quinn didn’t have a damn thing to do with the reason Alex had catered to her all night, spoiled her. Quinn did, however, have everything to do with why he was trying like the devil to keep her at arm’s length.

Following her inside her house now at—he checked his watch—quarter after midnight was probably a dumb idea. But they’d ordered pizza within five minutes of driving away from the wedding reception, both of them starving after picking at strange, unidentifiable “gourmet” creations all evening. Alex was pretty adventurous when it came to food but he hadn’t seen anything quite like the stuff that had been served tonight. Some of the dishes had made him long for MREs, the military’s version of combat-ready TV dinners.

At the back door, he held out his hand for her key and unlocked it. “Pizza should be here within five.”

“I’m going to change clothes before I move the wrong way and split this thing open,” Taylor said.

This thing was a long midnight-blue dress with thick straps and a modest neckline in front, but that dipped to the middle of her back and looked amazing on her. Hell yes, it was time for her to change, preferably into something frumpy and old.

When she disappeared into her room, Alex removed his tie and tossed it on the counter.

Taylor padded back into the kitchen a few minutes later, still in the dress but minus the stilts. “Good thing you came inside, otherwise I’d be stuck sleeping in this. Would you mind?”

She turned her back to him and Alex’s mouth went dry. Holding her hair out of the way, she backed a step closer and waited. He pushed aside the material that hid the tiny zipper pull and fumbled around, his fingers suddenly clumsy. At last he managed to grasp the sliver of metal and ease it down. And down. His eyes widened and he wondered where the zipper was going to stop.

Right in the middle of her ass, as it turned out. If he was a gentleman, he would’ve tried harder not to get a glimpse of the white silk with pink polka dots beneath. But he’d never once been accused of being a gentleman.

“There.” His voice didn’t quite work right.

“Thank you,” she said demurely as she walked away again. That was Taylor, prim and proper to the end, even after flashing him her panties.

Alex had abstained from drinking all evening so Taylor could enjoy the wedding without worrying about driving home. Now, though, he went straight to the fridge and took out one of the beers he’d left there. He took the cap off and downed half of it at once.

Pizza and home. That was the plan.

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